Using Picture Fonts and Icons
Who needs clip art? The best icons and symbols are already in your fonts.
In this typographical how-to video, Nigel French takes you on a tour through picture fonts: not just Wingdings and Zapf Dingbats, but also Adobe Pi, Noto Sans Symbols, and more. Then he demonstrates how to incorporate an icon as a bullet character, a flourish, a divider, even a decorative frame or repeating pattern.
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This article was last modified on September 24, 2025
This article was first published on September 26, 2025
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